Chapter 123: Talking about the past life◇
◎ Yuanshi: Is there something wrong with Yuanshi's brain?◎
In the world he had visited before, Taiyi had seen too many men behaving strangely after a breakup, so when he saw Tongtian lower his cultivation level, he thought it was because he resented the way of heaven. He didn't think it was strange, but felt sad for those who had lost their cultivation level.
But if he encountered someone, he would definitely help them to the end. He sighed, "I originally came back to the prehistoric world because I needed you to investigate something. Who would have thought that such a big thing would happen in the prehistoric world?"
At this point, he was afraid that his friend would be sad, so he patted his shoulder comfortingly: "But don't worry, I will accompany you to rescue Fellow Daoist Kong Shuang, just like you helped me back then!"
Tongtian finally began to look at him with a more favorable attitude and nodded slightly: "Thank you, but there's no rush for this matter!"
Taiyi was stunned for a moment, then realized that Tongtian was very calm at this moment, which was completely different from the panic and heartache when he was in the Heavenly Palace and wanted to save Kong Shuang together with Tiandao. He couldn't help but wonder, "How long do we have to wait?"
Tongtian frowned slightly: "It's not easy for you and me to do anything. Give her some time, she can do it herself!"
Taiyi felt that his words, in the terms of that world, made him look like a complete jerk. He was furious: "How could you say that? I was actually comforting you before?"
After knowing each other for millions of years, he trusted his friend's character, and he felt more and more that he had psychological problems!
Tongtian saw that he was puzzled, so he changed the subject and asked, "What did you just say?"
Taiyi then remembered his purpose in returning to the prehistoric world and replied, "For ten thousand years, I have traveled through the chaos to many divine realms and countless worlds, but if I had to say what I like best, it would be a world where the lifespan of living beings is short and cultivation is impossible."
At this point, his expression grew a bit more cheerful, and he said solemnly, "That world is perfect. There's no interference from the heavens, and everything depends on the living beings themselves. Although they don't have divine powers, they can still reach the heavens and the earth on their own, and they're omnipotent!"
"They have unlimited creativity and call that power technology!" He admired that world very much and said to Tongtiandao: "The power of technology is amazing and magical!"
But Tongtian grasped a crucial question: "Is there no heavenly intervention?"
Taiyi nodded solemnly. "The key I want you to investigate lies here. That world has no laws of nature, but operates according to its own rules. Regardless of whether it's a deity from any region or a saint like me, once they enter it, their cultivation will vanish and they will become a mortal. No one can break this rule!"
"What's even more amazing is that countless stories about the divine realms have spread in that world, including our own!"
Tongtian's eyes were filled with doubt: "There are no relics of gods, but there are stories about gods?"
Tai nodded, agreeing with his friend: "That's right."
"I was surprised by this, so I left that world and traveled through various divine realms. In a place called the Greek Divine Realm, I met a man who had been expelled by the Divine King of that realm. I learned some news about that world."
"Rumor has it that the creator god of that world created the world with the intention of leaving a place for those who were expelled from the various divine realms. However, many of those expelled were extremely vicious and not kind. Therefore, anyone who enters this world loses their magic power, but can recover it upon leaving!"
After such a long speech, Taiyi, though a saint, still felt thirsty and drank a large pot of tea like a cow. Turning around, he saw his friend's eyes, which had been dim for a long time, shining brightly. He was very interested and continued with some pride:
"I have great respect for that Creator God, so I went back to that world to look for some clues. If I could have a chance to interact with him, it would be well worth the trip. After years of investigation, I discovered that the laws of that world are actually implemented through formations!"
"Formation?" Tongtian always kept his composure and rarely lost his composure, but at this moment he couldn't help but raise his voice in surprise.
Taiyi was even more proud: "That's right, I didn't expect that the laws of that world were actually operated by formations. Unfortunately, I know nothing about formations, so I ask you to go and look for clues."
He spoke too seriously and subconsciously ignored the strange look that flashed across his friend's face.
Tongtian lowered his head to hide the surprise on his face.
Ever since Tiandao took over Zhunti's body, he knew that Tiandao's selfishness was becoming more and more serious, and he could no longer keep him. However, if he could wipe out Tiandao, the prehistoric world would be destroyed along with him, which was really not worth the loss. Therefore, he secretly began to plan:
The existence of the Way of Heaven is replaced by formations and becomes the law of the ancient times!
Because so many things happened during this period, he had no time to spare, and then Kong Shuang got into trouble.
The creator god mentioned by Taiyi was so similar to his idea that he became even more curious about the creator god.
After a long moment, he followed Taiyi's words and said, "This Creator God must be an extraordinary person. I just wish I could meet him!"
Taiyi frowned in distress, patted his shoulder again, and urged: "Then quickly rescue fellow Daoist Kong Shuang, and then we will go to that world together to explore the truth."
Tongtian had already figured out that since there was a precedent, it was feasible to use formations to replace the Way of Heaven. He nodded casually and echoed nonchalantly, "Okay!" Then he turned around and thought again, and refused, "I believe her!"
Taiyi's expression was very complicated. He suddenly found that his friend seemed to have a mysterious confidence in Kong Shuang, and he was speechless for a moment.
After a long pause, he said helplessly, "Even so, you should show your attitude, so as not to disappoint Fellow Daoist Kong Shuang!"
After saying that, he just felt that he was sorry for Kong Shuang, and secretly complained that Tongtian was such a scumbag who didn't care about Kong Shuang's safety at all. He, such a resentful friend, had to worry about them!
Tongtian pondered and felt that what he said made sense. After all, Kong Shuang usually attached great importance to attitude. He stood up and smoothed his sleeves lightly: "You are right!"
Taiyi was a little confused and asked doubtfully, "What are you going to do?"
Tongtian replied calmly: "Buy her more time!"
Taiyi was full of doubts and followed him to Kunlun.
When they arrived at Kunlun, Tongtian left Yang Jian, who he had protected in his sleeve when they were in heaven, and went to Biyou Palace.
After he led the Jiejiao sect to move to Penglai, the Biyou Palace in Kunlun Mountain became vacant, and now Hongjun lives there temporarily.
The Zixiao Palace disappeared, perhaps it had become the headquarters of the Heavenly Dao. Hongjun was impatient to build a new Taoist temple, so at the request of Laozi Yuanshi, he occupied his young disciple's home.
In the Biyou Palace, Hongjun was at leisure, brewing some fragrant tea. He didn't seem surprised at the arrival of his disciple, and said in a gentle voice, "Sit down!"
Tongtian didn't dwell on who the true master of the Biyou Palace was. As soon as he sat down, he said, "Teacher, please answer the question in my mind!"
Hongjun was silent for a moment, then readily agreed, "Yes!" He then told the boy to invite the other two masters over, and said to Tongtian with a smile, "Of course, we must understand your brothers' affairs together."
Tongtian didn't comment, thinking to himself that it was a good thing that the two of them came, as it would prevent them from secretly hunting down Tiandao, and he could have less worries.
Before Laozi and the other two arrived, Hongjun asked again, "Since you don't know anything about your past life, how could you have said that on that day?"
Taiyi listened from the side and felt more and more that the master and disciple were playing dumb in front of him.
Tongtian skipped Kong Shuang's story and replied, "When I became a saint, I developed two inner demons, one of which foresaw the fratricide."
This is true. When he became a saint, he was indeed trapped in the inner demon. On one level, he saw the destruction of Jiejiao, and on the other level, he saw the mysterious Taoist hidden in Kong Shuang's sea of consciousness!
However, he didn't care about the fratricidal demon at all until he realized that Yuanshi was increasingly disgusted with the disciples of Jiejiao, and then he became alert.
Hongjun was shocked. He never thought that Tongtian had known everything for so many years, but he kept it hidden in his heart and did not show it. He still respected his teacher and treated his brother with respect.
He looked at his disciple with even more guilt in his eyes, and said with emotion, "Good boy!"
Taiyi felt inexplicably disgusted by this sudden warmth, but fortunately Laozi Yuanshi arrived immediately and interrupted the awkwardness between the master and disciple.
Tongtian: ...
Hongjun was controlled by the Heavenly Dao for many years regarding his previous life, and he could not remember many details, but that did not prevent those past events from being engraved in his heart.
He coughed lightly and looked around at his disciples. Seeing them huddled together, he felt somewhat relieved. "In your previous life, during the third calamity, the three of you turned against each other and became enemies. Ultimately, only one in ten Jiejiao disciples survived. The few who remained were included in the Conferred God List, and over three thousand were taken to the West by Zhunti and his companions!"
Tongtian had already heard it from Kong Shuang's mouth once, and his heart was calm, so he didn't say anything.
Yuanshi was furious and slammed the table and stood up: "How can this be unreasonable? Those two people from the West are so shameless. They dare to deceive our Xuanmen. I will make them pay!"
Since these words came from Hongjun's mouth, Yuanshi did not doubt their truth. After his rage subsided, he touched his brother's head with heartache and said, "Tongtian, don't worry. I am here and will not let the two from the West hurt you at all."
Although he also disliked the disciples of Jiejiao, they were family after all, so how could he tolerate being bullied by outsiders?
Tongtian frowned and bit his cheek involuntarily, feeling the gentle touch on his head and trying hard not to speak.
Laozi was stunned. Unlike Yuanshi, he did not pay attention to the second half of Hongjun's sentence. His focus was on what Hongjun said about the three brothers becoming enemies. He could understand Tongtian and Yuanshi quarreling, but he had always been impartial between the two brothers.
What's more, Tongtian has the Zhuxian Formation in his hand, and he can be defeated by anyone except the Four Saints. If the two sects of Chen and Jie fight each other, the Chen sect should be the loser. All these things made him come up with an incredible idea.
He immediately panicked and stared at Hongjun blankly: "Teacher?"
Hongjun saw his calm and cautious eldest disciple lose his composure for the first time. He felt a little sorry, but he chose to tell the truth: "You two formed an alliance with the two men from the West and broke the Zhuxian Formation! Those three thousand disciples are the reward that the West took away from the East."
Yuanshi paused as he was touching Tongtian's head, then dropped his hand softly. He looked at Tongtian with a look of shock, anger, and heartache: "How is this possible?"
Not to mention that he couldn't believe that someone had teamed up with outsiders to beat his brother, and the outsider was Zhunti Jieying. Everyone in the prehistoric world didn't know that he, Yuanshi Tianzun, hated those two stinky beggars in the West the most!
He began to doubt whether the Yuanshi his teacher mentioned was him.
He felt embarrassed when he recalled that he had just touched Tongtian's head in a very brotherly manner and told him that as long as he was his brother, he would never let the two Westerners bully him.
He looked at Laozi and asked for help: "Brother?"
I also couldn't understand why the two of them were like crazy, dragging outsiders to fight their own people. After thinking for a long time, I could only comfort myself that they were probably so angry that they couldn't tell the enemy from friend.
The two of them looked at Tongtian with guilt, but they saw that Tongtian had a calm expression and there was no trace of resentment on his face. Because of this, they felt uneasy in an instant.
If Tongtian had quarreled with the two of them angrily like he did before, it wouldn't have been so uncomfortable, but he was too calm, which made people feel intimidated for no reason.
Four burning gazes fell on him. Tongtian felt helpless. He looked back and said with a smile: "Two brothers, why are you looking at me like this? Are you thinking about how to plot against me with the two people from the West? Or my apprentice?"
Yuanshi would still speak at the critical moment. He subconsciously shook his head and assured his brother: "You are my brother, and I will never hurt you!"
Tongtian hummed lightly and turned around.
Hongjun laughed and shook his head, then continued, subconsciously omitting the fact that he was the one who locked Tongtian in the small dark room. He continued, "After that, Tongtian also refused to admit defeat and wanted to establish the Earth, Water, Wind and Fire again, and finally imprisoned him in the Zixiao Palace."
Having said this, he paused for a moment and looked at his three disciples. There was really no one who could give him peace of mind.
Yuanshi and the other two were still in agony, unable to extricate themselves. At this moment, Taiyi suddenly spoke weakly and asked, "Excuse me, Taoist, why didn't you stop these three people from causing such a commotion?"
Yuanshi glared at him, thinking that it was really disrespectful for Taiyi to call the Three Pure Ones "the three of them". But when he saw that he had also become a saint, he thought about it and decided to do it!
Hearing Taiyi's question, Hongjun coughed softly and looked unhappy.
On the other side, the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou, who was meditating and regulating his breathing, sneered and opened his eyes. "Why else? A dignified Dao Ancestor is being held hostage by the Heavenly Dao. He can't take care of himself, let alone his disciples."
After saying this, he gave Hongjun a mocking look and snorted, "I advised you when the Heavenly Dao came to you, but you didn't listen and ended up in this situation!"
Hongjun felt a little embarrassed after his true identity was exposed in front of his disciples.
Thinking back to when the world was first created, he and Luo Hou, who was also one of the Chaos Demon Gods, were good friends just like Tong Tian and Tai Yi are now. The incomplete Heavenly Dao came to them and wanted to choose one of them to merge with the Dao and fill the gap in the prehistoric world.
Luo Hou sneered, thinking that an incomplete Heavenly Dao was useless. It would be better to eliminate it before it had deeply integrated with the prehistoric world. After a few years, a new Heavenly Dao would appear in the prehistoric world.
If he had wiped out the Heavenly Dao at that time, the prehistoric world would not have been destroyed, but it would have been severely damaged, and it was unknown how many years it would take to repair itself. Therefore, he could not bear to see the prehistoric world suffer such a disaster, and decided to merge with the Dao himself.
When Luo Hou found out, he refused to agree and the two argued endlessly, which led to the battle that blew up the Western Spiritual Vein. Luo Hou was seriously injured and had to hide in Zixiao Palace for a million years.
He could only walk alone in the wilderness, and met the Three Pure Ones who were still three gas balls. Tiandao did him a favor and told him that he and the Three Pure Ones had a master-disciple relationship, so he accepted the Three Pure Ones as his disciples.
Now he thought back to those days. Although Tiandao seemed to be doing well at that time, he had actually become selfish!
Hongjun was very embarrassed after his past was exposed, and quickly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, Kong Shuang's origins are also somewhat related to the Heavenly Dao."
The author has something to say:
1. Tongtian didn't mean to save Kong Shuang, because he knew Kong Shuang would get out of trouble by himself, so he created conditions for Kong Shuang. Just like when the witches and liches fought, he led the saints to Zixiao Palace, allowing Kong Shuang to do things unscrupulously in the prehistoric world.
2. The world described by Taiyi can be understood as our current world, with myths and stories from various countries. The formation that Tongtian wants to use to replace the Heavenly Dao can be considered an intelligent system to replace the artificial (Heavenly Dao)
3. Regarding Laozi Yuanshi's behavior towards Jiejiao in his previous life, Tongtian has no memory of his previous life after all, and the relationship between them is very good in this life. Yuanshi wrote letters to his younger brother every day, so he chose to forgive his two brothers in his heart. The author was selfish and did not want them to break up.
4. Taiyi mentioned that the person who was expelled by the Greek god (Zeus) was Prometheus. The author liked him very much. I believe everyone knows the reason for his expulsion.
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